Spoon

Museum number:
1-2032
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
616 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Zigzag pattern handle with hole in proximal end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 15.1 centimeters and width 6.1 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #68: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 12, 1973–April 19, 1973), S1978-1979 #25: Hoopa Tribal Museum (October 19, 1978–February 2, 1979), S1981-1982 #65: Artrain (July 30, 1982–December 14, 1983), and S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-2032, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Zigzag pattern handle with hole in proximal end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-2032, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Zigzag pattern handle with hole in proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-2032, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Zigzag pattern handle with hole in proximal end.

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